Author(s)

Zeng Ya, Xiao Haiyan, Zuo Chuanguo

Corresponding Author

Zeng Ya

Abstract

From the perspective of category theory of cognitive science, plant classification is a cognitive process and the result of conceptualization and categorization of human cognition. The plant classification system is the category system. The categories of “family” and “genus” in the vertical dimension are closer to the basic level category, and the members of the category in the horizontal dimension show typical prototype effect. It is helpful for the study of plant taxonomy to fully understand the category and categorization of plants

Keywords

Plant taxonomy, Cognitive mechanism, Prototype category theory